Acroporid recruitment (mean numbers of recruits per tile ± S.E.) at exposed and sheltered sites in the Palm Islands before and after cyclone Yasi.

A. Acroporid recruitment pre-Yasi (2010) and post-Yasi (2011) at one exposed (E2) and one sheltered (S1) site in each of two temporal windows: the first 14 days post-spawning (T1) and the subsequent month (T2). B. Post-Yasi (2011) recruitment in T1 and T2 on exposed and sheltered reefs (mean number of recruits per tile across sites within exposures ± S.E.). C. Post-Yasi recruitment at exposed and sheltered sites in two temporal windows. Note the trend of higher recruitment at exposed than sheltered sites in T1 and the reverse trend in T2.